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1945 Detroit Lions
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Record: 7-3-0, Finished 2nd in NFL West Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 195 points (19.5/g), 5th of 10 in the NFL.
Allowed 194 points (19.4/g), 5th.
Differential of 1 points (0.1/g), 5th.
Expected W-L: 5.0-5.0.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -13 (-1.3/g), 10th.
Coached by Gus Dorais (7-3-0)
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1945 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
Team Games & Schedule
Glossary · CSV · PRE| Score | Offense | Defense | |||||||||||||||||
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| Week | Date | Rec | Opp | Tm | Opp | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | ||||
| 1 | Sun | September 23 | box | W | 1-0 | @ | Chicago Cardinals | 10 | 0 | 11 | 192 | 109 | 83 | 6 | 2 | 83 | 57 | 26 | 5 |
| 2 | Sun | October 7 | box | L | 1-1 | @ | Green Bay Packers | 21 | 57 | 15 | 385 | 244 | 141 | 6 | 7 | 293 | 242 | 51 | 1 |
| 3 | Sun | October 14 | box | W | 2-1 | Philadelphia Eagles | 28 | 24 | 9 | 178 | 125 | 53 | 3 | 8 | 236 | 100 | 136 | 4 | |
| 4 | Sun | October 21 | box | W | 3-1 | Chicago Cardinals | 26 | 0 | 9 | 326 | 251 | 75 | 2 | 8 | 113 | 82 | 31 | 4 | |
| 5 | Sun | October 28 | box | W | 4-1 | Chicago Bears | 16 | 10 | 4 | 148 | 133 | 15 | 3 | 16 | 215 | 84 | 131 | 1 | |
| 6 | Sun | November 4 | box | W | 5-1 | @ | Bos/Bkn Yanks/Tigers | 10 | 9 | 5 | 99 | 23 | 76 | 4 | 6 | 143 | 77 | 66 | 5 |
| 7 | Sun | November 11 | box | W | 6-1 | @ | Chicago Bears | 35 | 28 | 12 | 326 | 186 | 140 | 5 | 15 | 333 | 279 | 54 | 2 |
| 8 | Sun | November 18 | box | L | 6-2 | @ | New York Giants | 14 | 35 | 8 | 221 | 161 | 60 | 6 | 15 | 355 | 235 | 120 | 3 |
| 9 | Thu | November 22 | box | L | 6-3 | Cleveland Rams | 21 | 28 | 13 | 259 | 101 | 158 | 6 | 15 | 444 | 329 | 115 | 5 | |
| 10 | Sun | December 2 | box | W | 7-3 | Green Bay Packers | 14 | 3 | 16 | 304 | 249 | 55 | 2 | 15 | 237 | 80 | 157 | 5 | |
Team Stats and Rankings
Glossary · CSV · PRE| Passing | Rushing | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Pts | Yds | Ply | Y/P | 1stD | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | 1stD | Att | Yds | TD | 1stD | TO | FL | 1stPy | |||
| Team Offense | 195 | 2401 | 555 | 4.3 | 102 | 87 | 238 | 1544 | 15 | 36 | 6.5 | 47 | 317 | 857 | 10 | 2.7 | 40 | 46 | 10 | 15 |
| Team Defense | 194 | 2527 | 583 | 4.3 | 164 | 89 | 227 | 1615 | 17 | 23 | 7.1 | 42 | 356 | 912 | 7 | 2.6 | 105 | 33 | 10 | 17 |
| Lg Rank Offense | 5 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 5 | ||||||
| Lg Rank Defense | 5 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | ||||||
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Sk | Yds | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chuck Fenenbock | 28 | TB | 10 | 2 | 45 | 110 | 40.9 | 754 | 7 | 6.4 | 11 | 10.0 | 56 | 6.9 | 3.0 | 16.8 | 75.4 | 46.4 | |||||
| Cotton Price | 27 | 8 | 3 | 16 | 52 | 30.8 | 256 | 3 | 5.8 | 8 | 15.4 | 63 | 4.9 | -1.4 | 16.0 | 32.0 | 27.9 | ||||||
| Dave Ryan | 22 | tb | 10 | 5 | 13 | 44 | 29.5 | 331 | 3 | 6.8 | 10 | 22.7 | 61 | 7.5 | -2.0 | 25.5 | 33.1 | 41.6 | |||||
| Dick Weber | 26 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 22 | 27.3 | 70 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 22.7 | 27 | 3.2 | -7.0 | 11.7 | 23.3 | 0.8 | ||||||
| Bill Callihan | 29 | LT | 10 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 60.0 | 34 | 1 | 20.0 | 2 | 40.0 | 15 | 6.8 | -9.2 | 11.3 | 3.4 | 80.4 | |||||
| Bob Westfall+ | 26 | FB | 9 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 75.0 | 91 | 1 | 25.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 63 | 22.8 | 25.3 | 30.3 | 10.1 | 156.2 | |||||
| Buzz Trebotich | 25 | BB | 9 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 8 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 8 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 0.9 | 100.0 | |||||
| Team Total | 26.7 | 10 | 87 | 238 | 36.6 | 1544 | 15 | 6.3 | 36 | 15.1 | 63 | 6.5 | 0.3 | 17.7 | 154.4 | 41.0 | |||||||
| Opp Total | 10 | 89 | 227 | 39.2 | 1615 | 17 | 7.5 | 23 | 10.1 | 7.1 | 3.3 | 18.1 | 161.5 | 49.8 | 0 | 0 | 7.1 | 3.3 |
| Rushing | Receiving | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | YScm | RRTD | Fmb | |||||||
| Bob Westfall+ | 26 | FB | 9 | 4 | 82 | 234 | 6 | 19 | 2.9 | 26.0 | 9.1 | 12 | 209 | 17.4 | 3 | 43 | 1.3 | 23.2 | 443 | 9 | 3 |
| Chuck Fenenbock | 28 | TB | 10 | 2 | 72 | 143 | 1 | 37 | 2.0 | 14.3 | 7.2 | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 0 | 24 | 0.1 | 2.4 | 167 | 1 | 4 |
| Dave Ryan | 22 | tb | 10 | 5 | 36 | 93 | 1 | 8 | 2.6 | 9.3 | 3.6 | 2 | 67 | 33.5 | 1 | 63 | 0.2 | 6.7 | 160 | 2 | 4 |
| Andy Farkas | 29 | WB | 8 | 3 | 31 | 137 | 0 | 27 | 4.4 | 17.1 | 3.9 | 9 | 132 | 14.7 | 2 | 29 | 1.1 | 16.5 | 269 | 2 | 1 |
| Bill Callihan | 29 | LT | 10 | 10 | 27 | 85 | 0 | 16 | 3.1 | 8.5 | 2.7 | 4 | 88 | 22.0 | 1 | 29 | 0.4 | 8.8 | 173 | 1 | 2 |
| Cotton Price | 27 | 8 | 3 | 24 | 71 | 0 | 14 | 3.0 | 8.9 | 3.0 | 71 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||
| Jim Thomason | 26 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 10 | 1.0 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 | 0.2 | 1.2 | 15 | 0 | 3 | |
| Dick Weber | 26 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 1.4 | 3.3 | 2.3 | 10 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||
| Elmer Hackney | 29 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 2.2 | 1.6 | 0.8 | 13 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||
| Bob Brumley | 26 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 3.6 | 18.0 | 5.0 | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 0 | 29 | 2.0 | 27.0 | 45 | 0 | 1 | |
| Dick Booth | 27 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 20 | 0 | 9 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 1.0 | 3 | 90 | 30.0 | 1 | 54 | 0.8 | 22.5 | 110 | 1 | 1 | |
| Art Van Tone | 27 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 4.7 | 7.0 | 1.5 | 3 | 67 | 22.3 | 0 | 41 | 1.5 | 33.5 | 81 | 0 | 1 | |
| Buzz Trebotich | 25 | BB | 9 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | |||||||
| Bob Keene | 26 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||
| Elmer Madarik | 23 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 2.5 | 5.0 | 2.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| John Greene | 25 | LE | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 26 | 550 | 21.2 | 5 | 63 | 2.6 | 55.0 | 550 | 5 | 0 | |
| Jack Matheson | 25 | RE | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 19 | 241 | 12.7 | 1 | 34 | 2.1 | 26.8 | 241 | 1 | 1 | |
| Chuck DeShane | 27 | wb | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 0 | 17 | 0.2 | 3.2 | 29 | 0 | 2 | |
| Ed Frutig | 25 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 1 | 3 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Dave Diehl | 27 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | 9 | 0.3 | 3.0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Team Total | 26.7 | 10 | 313 | 857 | 8 | 37 | 2.7 | 85.7 | 31.3 | 87 | 1544 | 17.7 | 15 | 63 | 8.7 | 154.4 | 2401 | 23 | 31 | ||
| Opp Total | 10 | 356 | 912 | 7 | 2.6 | 91.2 | 35.6 | 89 | 1615 | 18.1 | 17 | 8.9 | 161.5 | 2527 | 24 | 27 | |||||
| Punt Returns | Kick Returns | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | |||
| Dave Ryan | 22 | tb | 10 | 5 | 15 | 220 | 0 | 56 | 14.7 | 6 | 138 | 0 | 34 | 23.0 | 518 |
| Andy Farkas | 29 | WB | 8 | 3 | 7 | 101 | 0 | 32 | 14.4 | 8 | 165 | 0 | 44 | 20.6 | 535 |
| Chuck Fenenbock | 28 | TB | 10 | 2 | 5 | 69 | 0 | 28 | 13.8 | 7 | 192 | 0 | 40 | 27.4 | 428 |
| Cotton Price | 27 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 32 | 0 | 14 | 10.7 | 4 | 79 | 0 | 28 | 19.8 | 182 | |
| Chuck DeShane | 27 | wb | 9 | 5 | 5 | 107 | 1 | 81 | 21.4 | 136 | |||||
| Dick Booth | 27 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 4.0 | 1 | 26 | 0 | 26 | 26.0 | 144 | |
| Bob Westfall+ | 26 | FB | 9 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 16 | 16.0 | 2 | 26 | 0 | 15 | 13.0 | 485 |
| Ed Frutig | 25 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 12.0 | 17 | ||||||
| Jack Matheson | 25 | RE | 9 | 9 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 | 251 | |||||
| Dick Weber | 26 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 24 | 24.0 | 34 | ||||||
| Team Total | 26.7 | 10 | 39 | 563 | 1 | 81 | 14.4 | 30 | 662 | 0 | 44 | 22.1 | 3626 | ||
| Opp Total | 10 | 32 | 0 | 37 | 614 | 0 | 16.6 | ||||||||
| 0--19 | 20--29 | 30--39 | 40--49 | 50+ | Tot | PAT | Punting | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | XPA | XPM | Pnt | Yds | Lng | Blck | ||||
| Chuck Fenenbock | 28 | TB | 10 | 2 | 29 | 1081 | 57 | 0 | 37.3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Bill Callihan | 29 | LT | 10 | 10 | 27 | 25 | 92.6% | ||||||||||||||||||
| Dave Ryan | 22 | tb | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 33.3% | 17 | 669 | 50 | 0 | 39.4 | |||||||||||||
| Robert Nelson | 25 | C | 9 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 25.0% | ||||||||||||||||||
| Cotton Price | 27 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 148 | 46 | 0 | 37.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Chuck DeShane | 27 | wb | 9 | 5 | 2 | 0.0% | |||||||||||||||||||
| Joe Krol | 26 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 74 | 44 | 0 | 37.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Dick Weber | 26 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 42 | 42 | 0 | 42.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Team Total | 26.7 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 22.2% | 27 | 25 | 92.6% | 53 | 2014 | 57 | 0 | 38.0 | ||||||||||||
| Opp Total | 10 | 5 | 4 | 80.0% | 26 | 24 | 92.3% | 64 | 2272 | 35.5 | |||||||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Tackles | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | Fmb | FR | Yds | TD | Tkl | Ast | Sfty | |
| Stan Batinski | 28 | LG | 10 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Dick Booth | 27 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Bob Brumley | 26 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Bill Callihan | 29 | LT | 10 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | -1 | 0 | ||||||
| Chuck DeShane | 27 | wb | 9 | 5 | 3 | 75 | 1 | 46 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 0 | ||||||
| Andy Farkas | 29 | WB | 8 | 3 | 1 | 2 | -4 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Chuck Fenenbock | 28 | TB | 10 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 37 | 1 | ||||||
| Ed Frutig | 25 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| John Greene | 25 | LE | 10 | 10 | 3 | 65 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Elmer Hackney | 29 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Al Kaporch | 32 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 14 | |||||||||||
| Bob Keene | 26 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Frank Kring | 27 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Elmer Madarik | 23 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 40 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||||||
| Jack Matheson | 25 | RE | 9 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
| Robert Nelson | 25 | C | 9 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Cotton Price | 27 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 0 | |||||||
| Bill Radovich+ | 30 | RG | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Dave Ryan | 22 | tb | 10 | 5 | 3 | 90 | 0 | 42 | 4 | 3 | -1 | 0 | ||||||
| Frank Szymanski | 22 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11 | |||||||||||
| Damon Tassos | 22 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 49 | 0 | 22 | |||||||||||
| Jim Thomason | 26 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | -16 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Buzz Trebotich | 25 | BB | 9 | 5 | 3 | 46 | 0 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Emil Uremovich | 29 | RT | 8 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Art Van Tone | 27 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Dick Weber | 26 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -8 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Bob Westfall+ | 26 | FB | 9 | 4 | 3 | 3 | -11 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Team Total | 26.7 | 10 | 23 | 424 | 1 | 46 | 31 | 32 | 48 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Opp Total | 10 | 27 | 17 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Age | Pos | G | GS | RshTD | RecTD | PR TD | KR TD | FblTD | IntTD | OthTD | 2PM | XPM | FGM | Sfty | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Westfall+ | 26 | FB | 9 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 54 | |||||||||
| Bill Callihan | 29 | LT | 10 | 10 | 1 | 25 | 31 | |||||||||
| John Greene | 25 | LE | 10 | 10 | 5 | 30 | ||||||||||
| Dave Ryan | 22 | tb | 10 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 15 | ||||||||
| Jack Matheson | 25 | RE | 9 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 14 | ||||||||
| Chuck DeShane | 27 | wb | 9 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 12 | |||||||||
| Andy Farkas | 29 | WB | 8 | 3 | 2 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Chuck Fenenbock | 28 | TB | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 12 | |||||||||
| Dick Booth | 27 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Ed Frutig | 25 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Robert Nelson | 25 | C | 9 | 7 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||
| Team Total | 26.7 | 10 | 8 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 2 | 1 | 195 | ||||
| Opp Total | 10 | 7 | 17 | 24 | 4 | 2 | 194 |